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Prospective Randomized Comparison of Occupational Therapy vs Home Exercises After Volar Plate Fixation of a Fracture of the Distal Radius
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Independent Excercises and Occupational Therapy for Distal Radius Fractures. Completed, enrolled 94 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The purpose of this study is to compare to ways of rehabilitating after surgery for distal radius fractures treated operatively with a volar plate.
Study Details
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Interventions
Subjects provided with wrist splint and instructions for independent exercises to perform at home on their own. Subjects were advised to perform exercises as often as possible, but at least three to four times a day for a minimum of thirty minutes. There was no formal strengthening program.
Subjects were prescribed formal occupational therapy with supervised exercises to regain digit, wrist, and forearm motion and to strengthen the hand. The content, frequency, and duration of the rehabilitation program were at the discretion of the treating hand therapist.